I have a Verizon S8 that I flashed with the XAC firmware and so I'm at XAA/VZW/VZW after enabling all bands. However, even though the entire bay area should be blanketed under band 12, I have not once connected to band 12. I'm always on band 4. Has anyone with a original Tmo S8 ever connected to band 12 in the SF bay area? You can check using LTE Discovery or SignalCheck apps from the Play store. The whole reason for me to go through the trouble of flashing the non-VZW firmware was to ensure I would be able to access band 12 but doesn't seem like that worked.
I'm sitting at home on my T-Mo S8 in the SF Bay Area and I'm on Band 4. I'll check at work tomorrow morning and let you know.
If you don't have connectivity issues, it shouldn't go to band 12. As band 12 is a lower frequency and cannot carry as much bandwidth. From what I've researched previously, the phone will only take a band 12 signal if there are no other bands with a stable signal in the area as tmobile got it for the sole purpose of distance and wall penetration achieved at 700mhz to say they have a larger LTE coverage map.
. Also this from experience as my house only gets band 2 outside and when I come inside it switches to band 12. And with the lte booster connected, it uses the outside band 2.
Unless you are saying that your phone goes to no service instead of to band 12, then i have no answer
Dail *#0011# in your phone to see if band 12 is being aggregated with band 4.
If you want to see if band 12 works you could dial *#2263# and select only band 12 to work.
esjames said:
Dail *#0011# in your phone to see if band 12 is being aggregated with band 4.
If you want to see if band 12 works you could dial *#2263# and select only band 12 to work.
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after we select band 12 only or any other band of our choices, how do u apply the new setting ? i click on back and entered 0011 and noticed im still on band 4 ? then i went back to 2263 and noticed all the lte band are still selected with *
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after we select band 12 only or any other band of our choices, how do u apply the new setting ? i click on back and entered 0011 and noticed im still on band 4 ? then i went back to 2263 and noticed all the lte band are still selected with *
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You have to select "Apply band configuration" after you selected the ones you want or they wont take effect.
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You have to select "Apply band configuration" after you selected the ones you want or they wont take effect.
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got cha. gotta hit back to previous screen where i previous selected lte band, but press option 7 to apply setting. lol. still new at this but it works. although band 12 is just as slow as band 4 at home. i get faster speed with band 2, however, lte discover still shows band 4 even though im actually on band 2.
tks again
oohoy said:
got cha. gotta hit back to previous screen where i previous selected lte band, but press option 7 to apply setting. lol. still new at this but it works. although band 12 is just as slow as band 4 at home. i get faster speed with band 2, however, lte discover still shows band 4 even though im actually on band 2.
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No prob!
I used LTE discovery before and it always told me i was on band 4 when it wasn't in my area, only 2/12.
esjames said:
No prob!
I used LTE discovery before and it always told me i was on band 4 when it wasn't in my area, only 2/12.
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never got to try the service modes since i been using verizon brand phones on tmobile , lol. it makes so much sense to use tmobile brand samsung phone on tmobile network.
anyway now i can wait patiently on the root. no need to get network signal guru now to change lte bands since that app requires root
Thanks all. I bought the Verizon version cuz it's unlocked and it was the cheapest at Best buy. Plus it would be a hand me down for my bro who's on Verizon service when I upgrade lol I always thought band 12 was the godsend for Tmo. I did not know it was just a fall back band. I did notice today at work I was occasionally connected to band 12 but would almost immediately reconnect to 4 whenever I checked. Either signalcheck app was wrong or it really only uses 12 for a back up if nothing else is available.
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I am on AT&T and the reason I bought this phone was because, according to the specs in the FCC site, it has LTE Band 17 (which is the most common one for AT&T).
I was only getting 3G (HSPA+) speeds. I followed the following procedure to enable LTE for data and still be able to place/receive phone calls:
Do this at your own risk
Open the dial pad
Type: *#0011# to enter Service Mode (Be very careful with what you do here)
Note: You need to be rooted for this to work
Once in Service Mode, do the following:
Tap the menu button and tap Back
Tap the menu button again and select "Key Input" and enter an upper case Q and press OK
Tap the menu button again and select "Key Input" and enter 4 zeroes (0000) and press OK
Wait from 5 to 15 seconds. You'll see the Main Menu
Choose option [2]: UE SETTING & INFO
Choose option [1]: SETTING
Choose option [1]: PROTOCOL
Choose option [2]: NAS
Choose option [1]: NETWORK CONTROL
Choose option [4]: BAND SELECTION
Choose option [4]: LTE Band Preference
Choose option [7]: LTE ALL (Or you can choose band 17 instead)
Tap the menu button and choose Back (Don't press the back key)
Tap again the menu button and choose Back
Choose option [6]: LTE/WCDMA Mode Only
Press the back key to exit
And that's it: You now have LTE and calls if using AT&T. This won't work with TMobile.
If you reboot your phone, you may need to repeat the steps.
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I am on AT&T and the reason I bought this phone is because, according to the specs in the FCC site, it has LTE Band 17 (which is the most common one for AT&T).
I was only getting 3G (HSPA+) speeds. I followed the following procedure to enable LTE for data and still be able to place/receive phone calls:
Do this at your own risk
Open the dial pad
Type: *#0011# to enter Service Mode (Be very careful with what you do here)
Note: You need to be rooted for this to work
Once in Service Mode, do the following:
Tap the menu button and tap Back
Tap the menu button again and select "Key Input" and enter an upper case Q and press OK
Tap the menu button again and select "Key Input" and enter 4 zeroes (0000) and press OK
Wait from 5 to 15 seconds. You'll see the Main Menu
Choose option [2]: UE SETTING & INFO
Choose option [1]: SETTING
Choose option [1]: PROTOCOL
Choose option [2]: NAS
Choose option [1]: NETWORK CONTROL
Choose option [4]: BAND SELECTION
Choose option [4]: LTE Band Preference
Choose option [7]: LTE ALL (Or you can choose band 17 instead)
Tap the menu button and choose Back (Don't press the back key)
Tap again the menu button and choose Back
Choose option [6]: LTE/WCDMA Mode Only
Press the back key to exit
And that's it: You now have LTE and calls if using AT&T. This won't work with TMobile.
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I am confused. I am also on ATT - I bought this phone back when it first came out. All I did was add the ATT APN and then I was able to get LTE just fine. I didn't have to do anything like you described.
So - are you saying you added your APN and still had to go thru all of those steps?
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I am confused. I am also on ATT - I bought this phone back when it first came out. All I did was add the ATT APN and then I was able to get LTE just fine. I didn't have to do anything like you described.
So - are you saying you added your APN and still had to go thru all of those steps?
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Yes, that's exactly what happened to me. For some reason B17 was not enabled in my phone.
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Yes, that's exactly what happened to me. For some reason B17 was not enabled in my phone.
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That brings up another question - If I am getting LTE now - does that mean I am already getting data via that Band you mentioned ? Or could it be that I am getting it from some other band? (forgive these noobie type questions - I really don't know that much about this)
and is there a difference between the speeed you can get from any of the different bands?
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That brings up another question - If I am getting LTE now - does that mean I am already getting data via that Band you mentioned ? Or could it be that I am getting it from some other band? (forgive these noobie type questions - I really don't know that much about this)
and is there a difference between the speeed you can get from any of the different bands?
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Try this free app to show you what LTE band you are using
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.simplyadvanced.ltediscovery
Most likely if you are on AT&T is band 17.
The higher the frequency the most difficult it is for the signal to travel farther or into building. You'll better results if you are receiving on 700MHz than 2600MHz, but that is determined by your carrier (although there are ways to manually change it)
Yup my AT&T LTE bands weren't activated as well. Had to go through these steps and they worked perfectly!
miscom said:
Try this free app to show you what LTE band you are using
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.simplyadvanced.ltediscovery
Most likely if you are on AT&T is band 17.
The higher the frequency the most difficult it is for the signal to travel farther or into building. You'll better results if you are receiving on 700MHz than 2600MHz, but that is determined by your carrier (although there are ways to manually change it)
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Thanks for the informatino - I had no idea that some phones had problems connecting to LTE - I personally never have had that issue with any of the TMOBILE PHONES i have used on ATT (Note 3 and my S5) but its good to know this in case it ever happens with a future phone.
anyway, for grins and gigglesI got the app suggested - but I can't see in the app where it says what band I am using?
I attached a screen shot - can you tell me what I should be looking for?
mocsab said:
Thanks for the informatino - I had no idea that some phones had problems connecting to LTE - I personally never have had that issue with any of the TMOBILE PHONES i have used on ATT (Note 3 and my S5) but its good to know this in case it ever happens with a future phone.
anyway, for grins and gigglesI got the app suggested - but I can't see in the app where it says what band I am using?
I attached a screen shot - can you tell me what I should be looking for?
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Sorry, I gave you the wrong information. Just go into the service mode menu. It's there on the first page.
From the dial pad: *#0011#
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Sorry, I gave you the wrong information. Just go into the service mode menu. It's there on the first page.
From the dial pad: *#0011#
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Thanks - Got it - and you were right, Band 17
Hey Miscom. Thank you for the post. I am considering this phone. I am wondering if this phone is fully compatible with all LTE At&t bands? I copied the At&t band info from a post on another forum and pasted it below. I assume that it is correct.
At&t LTE Bands
4G HSPA and HSPA+ use 850Mhz(Band 5) and 1900Mhz(Band 2) bands but it all depends on area if they own a license. LTE uses Band 17(700Mhz), Band 5(850Mhz), Band 2(1900Mhz), Band 4(1700/2100Mhz) currently.
It appears that Band 4(1700/2100) is missing from the SM-G906S specs.
SM-G906S LTE Bands (Source: http://28mobile.com/Product/View/68834/samsung-galaxy-s5-prime-lte-a-sm-g906s-k-32gb-black-4g/)
Infrastructure 4G LTE
2G GSM GSM900, DCS1800, PCS1900
3G UMTS B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B5 (850)
4G LTE B1 (2100), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B17 (700)
jinksd said:
Hey Miscom. Thank you for the post. I am considering this phone. I am wondering if this phone is fully compatible with all LTE At&t bands? I copied the At&t band info from a post on another forum and pasted it below. I assume that it is correct.
At&t LTE Bands
4G HSPA and HSPA+ use 850Mhz(Band 5) and 1900Mhz(Band 2) bands but it all depends on area if they own a license. LTE uses Band 17(700Mhz), Band 5(850Mhz), Band 2(1900Mhz), Band 4(1700/2100Mhz) currently.
It appears that Band 4(1700/2100) is missing from the SM-G906S specs.
SM-G906S LTE Bands (Source: http://28mobile.com/Product/View/68834/samsung-galaxy-s5-prime-lte-a-sm-g906s-k-32gb-black-4g/)
Infrastructure 4G LTE
2G GSM GSM900, DCS1800, PCS1900
3G UMTS B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B5 (850)
4G LTE B1 (2100), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B17 (700)
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You are correct: Band 4 is missing. For AT&T only band 17 is available in the G906S.
Band 17 is the main LTE band for AT&T. I traveled by car a few days ago from Tennessee to New York and except for a few places, I got LTE most of the time. Never saw E, only 3G (AT&T's 4G) and LTE.
Same here I have LTE pretty much 99% everywhere I go. I'm on AT&T as well.
That is good news. Do you guys know if there will be ROM support by cyanogen for this phone?
Also. Where did you guys get yours?
jinksd said:
That is good news. Do you guys know if there will be ROM support by cyanogen for this phone?
Also. Where did you guys get yours?
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I bought mine from 28mobile.com
Hi all,
Considering buying the G906S from 28Mobile,
I am on T-Mobile though, Is there any way to make the LTE work?
No
neilspenta said:
Hi all,
Considering buying the G906S from 28Mobile,
I am on T-Mobile though, Is there any way to make the LTE work?
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chungdae said:
No
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Thanks for the prompt reply.
I know for a fact that the G906S and K do not work with T-Mobile. I don't know the band's for L, it might be compatible.
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Thanks for the prompt reply.
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mocsab said:
I am confused. I am also on ATT - I bought this phone back when it first came out. All I did was add the ATT APN and then I was able to get LTE just fine. I didn't have to do anything like you described.
So - are you saying you added your APN and still had to go thru all of those steps?
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What APN did you use?
I found this on AT&T official website,
Your device will need to work on one of these GSM network frequencies:
AT&T Multi-band GSM
UMTS, LTE or unlocked Multi-band GSM - 850/1900 MHz
UMTS - 850/1900 MHz
LTE Band 2 - 1900 MHz
LTE Band 4 - 1700 MHz
LTE Band 5 - 800 MHz
LTE Band 17 - 700 MHz
Over the past month it appears that Band 26 LTE has been activated in my area, which is causing my previously stable LTE (previously Band 25 only) to drop to cycle between 3G and Band 26 LTE about twice a minute.
I can access the ##DATA# and disable Band 26 which allows it to remain on a stable Band 25 LTE connection.
However, I noticed today that if I access *#*#4636#*#*, go to Phone Information, then press the three dots on the top right and then "Select radio band", I can then press on USA BAND, Cellular (800-Mhz Band), PCS (1900-MHz Band) and then Secondary 800-Mhz Band. Once I do that and exit those options, my phone then keeps a LTE connection...even a better connection than normal and it even stays on Band 26.
If I restart the phone, the symptoms come back unless I go back to that 4636 menu and perform those steps. Any ideas?
The *#*#4636#*#* option you're messing with is for phone access (3g) so you're effectively disabling 3g to get connection also, try disabling band 41 instead, sprint reps were saying it caused most of our problems when spark was breaking phones
Also try calling sprint and make it so you get 3rd level tech support (which will take you out of india and back to the states) they tend to know their job better
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using XDA Free mobile app
reinaldistic said:
The *#*#4636#*#* option you're messing with is for phone access (3g) so you're effectively disabling 3g to get connection also, try disabling band 41 instead, sprint reps were saying it caused most of our problems when spark was breaking phones
Also try calling sprint and make it so you get 3rd level tech support (which will take you out of india and back to the states) they tend to know their job better
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using XDA Free mobile app
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I did just discover that disabling Band 41 (in this area I do not have Band 41, just 25 & 26) hashas allowed my phone to cycle between band 26 and 25 without issue. I then, with the recent update to the M8 you can also change the band priority, changed priority to 26 then 25 (was 25 to 26). That seems to have helped it remain at even a band 25 connection longer when the signal is weaker.
Thank you for the reply. Do you know what is up with Band 41?
ReproOne said:
I did just discover that disabling Band 41 (in this area I do not have Band 41, just 25 & 26) hashas allowed my phone to cycle between band 26 and 25 without issue. I then, with the recent update to the M8 you can also change the band priority, changed priority to 26 then 25 (was 25 to 26). That seems to have helped it remain at even a band 25 connection longer when the signal is weaker.
Thank you for the reply. Do you know what is up with Band 41?
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If that worked and you are able to set priorities then your towers are telling your phone that there IS band 41... my area doesnt have band 41 as it still has wimax enabled and the band priority option is unusable to me, it just says "unable to set priority with only 2 bands enabled", even though I havent disabled any bands it knows there is no 41 here...
This was a huge deal before the 1.10.xxx update are you still on 1.8.xxx? If so that might be the issue, if not call sprint, have them fix it
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If that worked and you are able to set priorities then your towers are telling your phone that there IS band 41... my area doesnt have band 41 as it still has wimax enabled and the band priority option is unusable to me, it just says "unable to set priority with only 2 bands enabled", even though I havent disabled any bands it knows there is no 41 here...
This was a huge deal before the 1.10.xxx update are you still on 1.8.xxx? If so that might be the issue, if not call sprint, have them fix it
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I updated to the version released this week (3.30.651.2) , which also gave me the option to set band priority.
It seems that perhaps a recent PRL update turned on Band 41, thus the issue started. The recent PRL update again turned Band 41 on, which I disabled to restore LTE stability.
I'm planning on getting a Meizu Mx4 Pro to play around with but it only supports the 1900mhz band for 3G. I am on T-mobile and only the refarmed areas use the 1900mhz band. Is there a way to test with my Nexus 6 via some app or settings whether my area is using the 1900mhz band? I also read somewhere that if you get T-mobile LTE you are in a refarmed area as the 1700mhz AWS band is being used for LTE instead of 3G and the 1900mhz has been refarmed there for 3G instead, although I am taking the statement with a grain of salt for now.
Search for app called LTE discovery
obsanity said:
Search for app called LTE discovery
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I think that will tell you what frequency you are on, but not allow you to set a specific frequency. To my knowledge there is no way to do that on the Nexus 6 yet. Could be wrong?
The data service menu is missing on this phone.
You can get into the Field Test Settings, but I highly recommend not jacking with anything....I went in there for a look see, and when I backed out I was somehow in GSM mode and could NOT get back to CDMA until I did a complete nuke and repave of the Google Factory images to get back the CDMA network.
YMMV...but be warned
crowbarman said:
I think that will tell you what frequency you are on, but not allow you to set a specific frequency. To my knowledge there is no way to do that on the Nexus 6 yet. Could be wrong?
The data service menu is missing on this phone.
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I believe op wanted to see what bands his phone/provider is using. LTE discovery shows what bands you are connected to.
obsanity said:
I believe op wanted to see what bands his phone/provider is using. LTE discovery shows what bands you are connected to.
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If multiple bands are available in an area, LTE Discovery will not show you the additional bands, only the one you are using. You'd need to use a service screen to manually set your phone to a specific band, which is not possible currently. Maybe OP can chime in with more detail.
crowbarman said:
If multiple bands are available in an area, LTE Discovery will not show you the additional bands, only the one you are using. You'd need to use a service screen to manually set your phone to a specific band, which is not possible currently. Maybe OP can chime in with more detail.
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I don't think we need further explanation from the op. It seems clear to me that he is trying to see whether his area has been re-farmed to band 2 1900mhz or has been left at the usual band 4 1700mhz.
Using LTE discovery will show him what band he is connected to on his phone. If it will be band 4, than his new phone he is trying to get will not have LTE. Although sometimes both bands are available so in that case he would have to have the ability to switch.
Switching bands is possible through phone info screen accessible using an activity launcher of some sort. Once you're in phone info , hit menu and select radio band. But I don't think that's what he initially was looking for.
obsanity said:
I don't think we need further explanation from the op. It seems clear to me that he is trying to see whether his area has been re-farmed to band 2 1900mhz or has been left at the usual band 4 1700mhz.
Using LTE discovery will show him what band he is connected to on his phone. If it will be band 4, than his new phone he is trying to get will not have LTE. Although sometimes both bands are available so in that case he would have to have the ability to switch.
Switching bands is possible through phone info screen accessible using an activity launcher of some sort. Once you're in phone info , hit menu and select radio band. But I don't think that's what he initially was looking for.
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Perhaps, but there is no known phone accessible screen found on the Nexus 6 that allows band selection. Some have used this to determine whether certain bands are starting to be rolled out in various areas.
Edit: I'll qualify that the menu exists but does not allow a selection of all LTE bands. I can only select US, 6 or 7 on my phone.
crowbarman said:
Perhaps, but there is no known phone accessible screen found on the Nexus 6 that allows band selection. Some have used this to determine whether certain bands are starting to be rolled out in various areas.
Edit: I'll qualify that the menu exists but does not allow a selection of all LTE bands. I can only select US, 6 or 7 on my phone.
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Thats interesting, on mine under the Filed Test Menu's I had Base 10 and maybe others I dont recall.
cmh714 said:
Thats interesting, on mine under the Filed Test Menu's I had Base 10 and maybe others I dont recall.
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Any detail steps to go into field test menu?
Azlun said:
Any detail steps to go into field test menu?
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*#*#4636#*#*
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*#*#4636#*#*
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thank you for your reply, but I think 4636 is not for field test, info inside is too less.
cmh714 said:
You can get into the Field Test Settings, but I highly recommend not jacking with anything....I went in there for a look see, and when I backed out I was somehow in GSM mode and could NOT get back to CDMA until I did a complete nuke and repave of the Google Factory images to get back the CDMA network.
YMMV...but be warned
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please all not this warning，never use 4636 three dots options menu to select anything it is dangerous to make you lost all signals... Can can search my post in other thread how to write nv6828 value to control LTE bands.
Another side, for OP, to view LTE bands, LTE discovery 3.19 support the real hidden field test menu in as LTE Engineering beta menu. Keyword in below post: @201504
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=59132197
Is there anyway to force LTE band change between bands 13 and 4? At home, I have one bar on band 4, but get 60 dl, and 30 up. However, on band 13 I'll get full bars and get 30 dl, 15 up. I don't use my data at home as I am always on wifi, so this cell standby battery drain is murder. If I reset my data connection it will connect to band 13 initially, but it will then change to band 4. Switching my carrier is not an option as T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T get equally crap reception and I'm still under contract with Verizon which ends in October. Maybe then I might think about switching to project fi.
I've seen other threads on disabling certain bands, but those bands are only used by T-Mobile and Sprint, so they are of no use to me. Any ideas?
There is a thread about 4G/LTE.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=55635555/
Further search the play store for 4g switching apps.
NLBeev said:
There is a thread about 4G/LTE.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=55635555/
Further search the play store for 4g switching apps.
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I've seen that thread but it doesn't say anything about removing or blocking certain bands. As for the 4g switcher apps they only have he ability to change LTE modes via CDMA or GSM
The last idea, in case you use a Nexus 6.
There is thread with flashable radio's.
Maybe you can find an older radio that doesn't have the bands you don't want.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=59728002/
NLBeev said:
The last idea, in case you use a Nexus 6.
There is thread with flashable radio's.
Maybe you can find an older radio that doesn't have the bands you don't want.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=59728002/
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Yeah, i tried flashing the oldest radio listed and it's still a no go, band 4 still seems to be enabled. :/
aroy97 said:
Yeah, i tried flashing the oldest radio listed and it's still a no go, band 4 still seems to be enabled. :/
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No more ideas; think it is not possible to disable band 4, without hacking/patching the radio image.
NLBeev said:
No more ideas; think it is not possible to disable band 4, without hacking/patching the radio image.
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For now I have my connection as 2g whenever I'm on wifi so that should fix the cell standby for now.
aroy97 said:
For now I have my connection as 2g whenever I'm on wifi so that should fix the cell standby for now.
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I have the same because here in the Netherlands we have the so called 4G. But when I am home (inside) there is bad connection. Phone calls are disconnected frequently.
With 2G very good reception at home.
On the road I switch to 4G when I need internet.
I use an app to quickly switch 2G-4G.
It's a rather old app of CurveFish and is in the play store - 2G 3G -
I have exact same problem but problem of speed.
There are 3 lte bands 850mhz,1800mhz and 2300 mhz.
2300 mhz has highest speed which i want my redmi note 3 to run on only but in my home it only switches between 850 mhz and 1800 mhz.
Searched a lot but not able to find any guide which allows to lock the frequency to 2300 mhz band only. The signal bar is also 3-4 on 2300 mhz still it connects to 850 and 1800 mhz most of the time unless i am in open area outside house then it switches to 2300mhz band.
Use QXDM
aroy97 said:
Is there anyway to force LTE band change between bands 13 and 4? At home, I have one bar on band 4, but get 60 dl, and 30 up. However, on band 13 I'll get full bars and get 30 dl, 15 up. I don't use my data at home as I am always on wifi, so this cell standby battery drain is murder. If I reset my data connection it will connect to band 13 initially, but it will then change to band 4. Switching my carrier is not an option as T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T get equally crap reception and I'm still under contract with Verizon which ends in October. Maybe then I might think about switching to project fi.
I've seen other threads on disabling certain bands, but those bands are only used by T-Mobile and Sprint, so they are of no use to me. Any ideas?
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Hi - not sure if this is still a topic of interest, but you can use QXDM software to achieve this - you just need to change NV line 6828 to be "4096" decimal value. On the Nexus 6, this is a fairly easy process as you just need to boot to bootloader and select "BP Tools" as your boot-up option and then the phone will be in diagnostic mode to connect to a PC. There's info out there on XDA with more detail, but as long as you can successfully install the Motorola/Qualcomm drivers you can fairly easily restrict LTE bands to whatever combination you'd like.
Be aware - some say this is a risky operation but I've not found that to be the case. But there is a chance of messing up your device if you're not careful.
Take a look at the "NV Calculator" app in the Play Store for additional info on determining decimal values for the LTE bands (you might want to keep band 2, for instance, as Verizon uses that sometimes as well).
Here's more info on this on XDA:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general/how-to-add-rf-lte-frequency-bands-to-t2886059
Good luck!
Hey guys,
xda still going strong. nice to see.
need some help though.
i bought a note 8(yes in 2020) for some reason(side device) and i got stuck with a problem right away.
i noticed that TDD LTE bands(band 34,38,39,40,41) are all missing from my device.
i am having an exynos varient (n950f)
i was monitoring my network from past 2 days and 3ca was working fine. i was connected to 3,5 and band 40 all together.
i wanted better reception so went in network selection mode and selected band 5 preffered. i dialed *#0011# to check my ca status and i was still transmitting on all 3 bands with speeds well over 100mbps.
after some time my speeds died and i no longer see band 40 in *#0011# menu and i have tried restarting device and what not but still cant connect to band 40.
i am pretty sure TDD LTE bands including band 40 was missing from band selection menu earlier too but things were just fine. not i am stuck with a expensive device that fails badly.
please help.
on some inspection i observed that my phones is continously doing 2ca even when using no major data on band 3 and 5.
basic is stuck on band 3 and s1 on band 5. me changing to whatever setting in band selection in hiddennetworksetting dont affect it.
tried selecting bands that my operator dont even support. not in preffered mode but as the only hard selection. makes no diffrence. network signals shuts for a second and i am back on band 3 and 5 combo